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Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
That draw against Sunderland wasn't totally typical Liverpool because typical Liverpool would have lost.

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Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Ewar Woowar posted:

We were poo poo today. Midfield was far too slow. Can, as much as I like him, holds onto the ball too long and turns like a cruise ship. Firmino was totally anonymous and Lallana quiet. Mane was our best player and it's going to be hard without him for the next little while :(

You should know that this is the Liverpool way. Win against a big team. Get sloppy and drop points against a "smaller" fish.

Squad issues and fixture congestion are going to be a real test for Klopp.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
This is probably just bad journalism, but it'd be funny if true.

Pep Guardiola ranks Man City as 'second-tier team' - co-author

http://www.espnfc.us/manchester-city/story/3031261/pep-guardiola-ranks-man-city-as-second-tier-team-co-author

Liverpool being financially stronger than City? If only.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Maybe Carlo would take him back again after this is all over.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Gigi Galli posted:

He already did once, why not again

Carlo needs to show more self-respect. :(

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

tarbrush posted:

Good news for Liverpool, Matip's not been named in the Cameroon squad for the AFCON, so the risk of him being banned from domestic football for the duration of the tournament has gone.

Phew.

Will his injury mysteriously disappear now?

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Machinegunboyo posted:

**80s Russian pop music plays over a video of homeless people in swansea**

This is a short film on how a football club was able lose all sense of its morality and fire its staff without prejudice, , and how we too, unwittingly became pawns in this new vision of football.

lmao

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
How has Janssen been?

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
I think Fellaini is a good player, but he's not in a club that is suited to his strengths. He was pretty drat good at Everton.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
I have readily admitted to thinking that Fellaini was the business.




I miss that avatar.


And Hoops and Tarbrush are the best.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Thom P. Tiers posted:

Uh, excuse me, Champions League winner Fernando Torres. Rounding Valdes to seal a trip to the finals was incredible and it made up for everything horrible he ever did in the league for Chelsea.

He also was part of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1qnbMVA3A

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
Chelsea fans, can you confirm or debunk this story?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/01/13/chelsea-striker-diego-costa-dropped-following-training-ground/

Costa might be feuding with Conte a bit.

They'll most likely still win against Leicester.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Reprisal posted:

imagine not being willing to kill someone to play for your MNT, wtf Matip

Well, you could also imagine that your country's national team being a shitshow that wastes your time and threatens your livelihood. Matip has had a bad experience with how the team has been run in the past.

Matip hasn't played for Cameroon since 2015 and is one of 7 Europe based players who declined to play. I think that says more abut the state of the Cameroonian FA that they're carrying this much of a grudge.

http://www.espnfc.us/cameroon/story...uty-cameroon-fa

http://www.thisisanfield.com/2016/12/liverpool-confident-joel-matip-wont-face-suspension-cameroon-exile/amp/?client=safari

Brony Car fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Jan 17, 2017

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
I think Matip's argument is going to rest on a technical timing argument and the fact that he hadn't played for Cameroon in over a year before the call-up. Watch this go all pear shaped.

http://www.espnfc.us/english-premier-league/story/3024978/liverpools-joel-matip-could-avoid-fifa-sanction-for-cameroon-snub-lawyer

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
In case any of you care, Cameroon's FA told Liverpool and Matip to go to hell in a hilariously wordy way:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GlennPrice94/status/821398481348755460

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

NTRabbit posted:

Without the protections, even moderately powerful European clubs can and have bullied smaller federations out of ever having their best players available for international selection, even when they want to play.

How often has this happened (besides Ryan Giggs' horrible experience as a slave owned by Manchester United)?

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
#JeSuisJoel
#FreeMatip
#againstmodernfootball

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Hashtag Banterzone posted:

"Luiz is a top defender except that he often makes stupid mistakes that lead to goals"

*He stops making stupid mistakes*

"He isn't that good a defender"

There is no such thing as improvement. There is only fraud.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
Allan Nyom is also having a dispute with Cameroon. How important has he been for West Brom?

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
Luiz has a special place in my heart because of this:


Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
From what I remember, he used to play as a DM occasionally at Benfica as well.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747
JOEL IS FREE.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/20/liverpool-joel-matip-fifa-green-light-cameroon-africa-cup-of-nations

Watch him stink up the joint now.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

vyelkin posted:

haven't won a game since Mane left

It's depressing how dependent Liverpool are on him. Senegal look like they could go all the way at AFCON too, so he's not going to be available for a while.

Wish there were good options for the winter window, but I don't see any.

Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

His mom will be proud.

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Brony Car
May 22, 2014

by Cyrano4747

Reprisal posted:

Henderson out injured

Mane at AFCON

Henderson out is the bigger issue



Shrapnig posted:

He's incredibly average and hugely overrated by Liverpool supporters.

The fact that Henderson is so important while not being that consistently good is Liverpool's situation in a nutshell. When he's good, he's good, but he can often be really bad and then it's hilarious.

So many midfielders. So little versatility.

Sorry, Brendan Rodgers, but I'm in full meltdown mode.

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